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Democratic or not Flashcards

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Representative Assemblies

Democratic?

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By 1775, all colonies had law making assemblies whose members were elected by voters

democratic

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Stamp Act

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1760

First direct war on the colonist

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start of revolutionary war

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1775

First shots fired at Lexington and Concord Mass.
THe “shots Heard Around the World”

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Democratic? THe mayflower compact

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this doc. 1620 allowed people of the Plymouth Colony to make thei own laws for the benifit of the community and the colony

Democratic

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French and Indian War

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1763

English gain control of French Lands i North America. British Believed that the colonists had to pay costs of security. Prohibits colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains

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First Continential Congresss

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Sept. 1774

A commite that wants to get rid of Britians Rule

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Slavery

Democratic?

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in northern and southern colonies, African Americans were held in lifelong bondage to whites. In SC, slaves ooutnumbered the free 3:1

undemocratic

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Boston Tea Party

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1773 Beginning of the rebellion

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Qualifications for Office Voting

democratic?

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Colonies required fov/officals/voters to own land, be over 21 yrs old and to belong to a certain church

undemocratic

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Pennsylvania

Democratic?

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William Penn’s colony ofPenn. was founded on Quaker principles and allpwed free practice religions and tolerant relations witht he Native Americans

Democratic

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Bostion MAssacre

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1770

Snowball fight and name calling lead to British shooting dead American colonists

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Representative Assembleies

Democratic?

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By 1775, all colonies had law-making assemblies whose members were elected by voters

democratic

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Fundamental ORders of Connecticut 1639

Democratic?

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The first written constitution in colonies was drafted in 1639. Gave settlers of COnnexticut the power to elect their legislators and governor

democratic

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NAme the order of Events that Happended form 1763-1776

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French & Indian War 1763

Stamo Act 1760

Boston Massacre 1770

Comites of Correspondence 1773

Boston Tea Party 1773

Intolerable Acts March 1774

First Continential COngress Sept. 1774

Start of Revolutionary War 1775

2cd Continetial Congress Drafts Declaration of Independece July 3,1776

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Partoonships

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The dutch West India company encourages settlers in New Netherlands (New York) by granting large tracts of land on the Hudson River

undemocratic

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Govonors Veto

Democratic?

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LAws passed by the assembies of Royal COloines(Massachusetts, virgina, NJ, NC, and others) could be voted by the colony’s governor. Governors of Royal colonies followed instructions from the King in England

un democratic

17
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Taxes.

Democratic?

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all colonists of a colony were taxed to support a state church. In virgina, taxes were used to support the Angelican Church

undemocratic

18
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Salem Witch Trials

Democratic?

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19690’s, fear of witch craft caused about 100 people to be brought to trial as witches. At least 19 were executed as convicted “witches”

undemocratic

19
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Maryland Act of Toleration

democratic?

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1649

Allowed catholics and Protestants to worship in their own way

democratic

20
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Intolerable Acts

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MArch 1774 Parliments retalliation against colonist

21
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Second Continental Congress Drafts declaration of independence

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july 3, 1776

Rebells against britian

22
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Royal Govonrs

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THe biritish king appointed governors for most of the colonies. Only in Connecticut and Rhoe island was the govonor elected by the colonits

undemocratic

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Rhode Island

Democratic?

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Roger Williams founded Rhode ISland and granted settlers of the oclony the right ot worship freely

democratic

24
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Commitees of Correspondence

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1773

Urged peo0ple to resist BRitain

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Good Luck!

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God Bless

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